Lila Sciences
Associate Director / Director, Strategic Finance
Cambridge, MA USA · Director · Full-time
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$31,317 more — $179,317 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $179,317 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Financial Managers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- Your Impact at LILA Lila Sciences is looking for an Associate Director / Director, Strategic Finance to join our Strategic Finance team.
- You'll operate as the connective tissue between Commercial, Legal, Science, and Finance on live deals, and between the CFO's office and outside investors and counsel on capital raises.
- The role carries real ownership of the operational workstreams around each deal, including negotiation logistics, diligence coordination, contract lifecycle tracking, and cross-team sequencing, alongside the underlying financial analysis.
Responsibilities
- Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges.
- Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
- Partner with Legal (internal and outside counsel) on contract negotiation and redlines, including IP infringement representations and indemnity bundles, license grant structure, and liability caps
- Build and maintain deal comparables and competitive pricing benchmarks to inform negotiation strategy across customer segments
- Support revenue recognition analysis for multi-element arrangements, including option rights, cost-sharing structures, and milestone-based contracts
- Act as a thought partner and operational point person to Commercial and Science leads throughout deal structuring, from initial pricing frameworks through signed agreement and handoff to delivery teams
- Support end-to-end fundraising processes, including cap table modeling, SAFE conversion mechanics, pro forma ownership analysis, and round structuring
- Build and maintain investor-facing materials, including data room contents, diligence questionnaire (DDQ) responses, and board/investor decks
- Model dilution scenarios and support negotiation of round terms, including valuation, anchor investor terms, and pro-rata rights
- Build and maintain revenue forecasts by customer segment and product line, partnering with the Commercial team to translate deal-level assumptions and pipeline activity into a company-wide view
Compensation
- We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity.
- USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.
- Expected Base Salary Range
- $148,000 - $224,000 USD
Company info
- structuring the complex, multi-year commercial agreements that underpin Lila's partner revenue, supporting the fundraising activity that fuels our scale-up, and partnering with leadership on revenue forecasting and capital allocation across the business.
- This is a high-visibility seat with regular exposure to executive, board, and investor-level work, on a small, senior, fast-moving team, based on-site in our Cambridge office.
- This role is well-suited to someone with a transactional finance background (banking, corporate development, venture/growth investing, or strategic finance) who is energized by deal complexity, comfortable operating across legal, commercial, and operational workstreams simultaneously, and can bring structure to ambiguity under tight timelines.
- What You'll Be Building
- Structure and model economics for complex, multi-year strategic partnerships and commercial agreements with customers, including platform/access fees, usage-based and milestone-gated pricing, royalty and buyout mechanics, and tiered rate cards
- Own the operational cadence of deal execution: track open issues, sequence workstreams, and keep Legal, Commercial, and Science aligned on timelines from term sheet through signature
- Coordinate the operational mechanics of a live raise: data room management, diligence request tracking, and sequencing across investors, outside counsel, and internal stakeholders
- Serve as a connective point across Finance, Legal, Commercial, and Science, translating between deal economics, contract terms, and operational execution
- Partner with Accounting on revenue recognition treatment and audit support for complex, negotiated contracts
- Build scalable tools, templates, and frameworks (pricing models, deal trackers, financial models) that raise the bar on analytical rigor and deal velocity across the team
- Operate with high ownership in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment; move fast with an 80/20 mindset while knowing when precision matters
- What You'll Need to Succeed
- 6-10+ years in investment banking, corporate development, venture capital/growth equity, strategic finance, or a related transactional finance field; startup or scale-up experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience structuring and negotiating complex, multi-year commercial agreements
- Fluency in venture financing mechanics (SAFEs, priced rounds, cap tables, liquidation preferences) and comfort supporting live fundraising processes
- Working knowledge of revenue recognition concepts (ASC 606) and the ability to translate contract terms into financial and accounting outcomes
- Experience building revenue forecasts across multiple segments or product lines, and comfort developing capital allocation recommendations under uncertainty
- Strong financial modeling skills, with the ability to build from scratch in ambiguous, fast-changing situations
Visa & Work Authorization
- al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status
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